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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
Ah, Halloween Week – the annual dumbing down of Strictly. Why have subtext or delicate concepts when you can instead bumble about dressed in the most thuddingly literal, kids-dressing-up-box interpretations of groaningly repeated and/or entirely insane songs? Read my full Dancing … Continue reading
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Tagged ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, cha cha, charleston, couples choice, curse of strictly, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, faye tozer, graeme swann, halloween, jazz, katya jones, latin, michael jackson, recap, review, scandal, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, theatre, thriller, tv, viennese waltz, week 6
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
Everything’s fine, we’re all lovely, why do you ask, oh I’ve always had that twitch, silly really, just keep smiling, did I mention I rescued an orphaned puppy from a fire last week, no reason, that’s just me, and of … Continue reading
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Tagged ashley roberts, backstreet boys, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, charles venn, charleston, claudia winkleman, dance, dancer, dancing, dancing times, foxtrot, jive, judges, katie piper, katya jones, kevin clifton, kiss, latin, magazine, neil jones, recap, review, salsa, scandal, seann walsh, shirley ballas, snog, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly curse, strictly speaking, tango, tess daly, tv, week 4
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Strictly Speaking: Week 3
Ah, Strictly theme weeks. Regular readers will know I look forward to these about as much as emergency root canal surgery with a rusty saw. We reached a nadir last year with the addition of Donnie (Baby!) Osmond during Movie Week. On … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, ainsley harriott, andrea bocelli, anthony ogogo, ballroom, bbc, boxer, bruno tonioli, carol kirkwood, celebrity, cha cha, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance off, dancing, elimination, experience, film, gleb, happy feet, james bond, jay mcguiness, jive, judges, latin, leaderboard, len goodman, marilyn monroe, movie, movie week, paso doble, penguin, pulp fiction, quickstep, ringer, rocky, sam smith, scandal, scd, sing, song, spectre, star wars, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, the wanted, theme, training, tv
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Accolade, St James Theatre
Reclaiming lost plays can be unnecessary indulgence, but Blanche McIntyre’s note-perfect production of Emlyn Williams’ 64-year-old work ushers in the renaissance of a thoroughly modern masterpiece. This progressive examination of ethical relativism, trial by media and the tension between public … Continue reading
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Tagged accolade, alexander hanson, author, bisexual, blackmail, blanche mcintyre, book, celebrity, drama, emlyn williams, finborough theatre, jekyll and hyde, leveson inquiry, london, lost play, marriage, media, nicola seed, novel, one stage season, orgy, play, press, private, public, review, revival, scandal, sex, st james theatre, tabloid, theatre, writer
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First Episode, Jermyn Street Theatre
Rediscovered work offers aficionados a tantalising piece of the puzzle. Terence Rattigan’s callow debut, reborn after 80 years in obscurity, bears the hallmarks of his later plays, notably closeted ardour and the torment of unequal passion, but is more study … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, actress, adolescence, adult, censor, censorship, drama, first episode, friend, gay, homosexuality, homosociality, jermyn street theatre, london, lord chamberlain, lost play, love, misogyny, moral, moralising, ouds, oxford, oxford university, peggy ashcroft, play, reactionary, review, revival, romance, scandal, sex, student, terence rattigan, the arts desk, the browning version, the deep blue sea, theartsdesk, theatre, trinity college
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A melodramatic production that needs more bite to really engage
You would think the 2005 London bombings and their turbulent aftermath offer more than enough drama for an 80-minute play, but actor-turned-writer Damien Tracey adds to the mix political intrigue, romantic scandal, and not one but two ethnically charged revenge … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, 7/7, bombings, bus, drama, extremist, gun, ham and high, hate preacher, hostage, islam, islamic, london, manchester, media, murder, muslim, park theatre, play, politician, politics, pr, revenge killing, review, scandal, shooting, terrorism, terrorist, theatre, tube, warde street
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